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IMO the bigger difference is there is no direct path from NCO to officer. If you are enlisted and you want to be an officer, there is no standard path for that
by lokar 2y ago
IMO the bigger difference is there is no direct path from NCO to officer. If you are enlisted and you want to be an officer, there is no standard path for that, no promotion from NCO to office. And officers never serve as enlisted solders. Fighting and leading are two different jobs, done by different groups of people
I sometimes wonder if the police would be better off with that model.
- coredog64 2y agoEnlisted =>college (via GI Bill) => ROTC/OCS
- lokar 2y agoYeah, exactly, there is a path, but it sort of involves quitting the army
- Clubber 2y agoI believe most contracts are 4 years active, 4 years reserves, so you can easily get a degree in the 2nd 4 years without leaving the military.
- vundercind 2y agoOnline degree programs are very popular among active duty military, and have been for about as long as such programs have existed.
- dctoedt 2y agoThe Navy has Seaman-to-Admiral-21, a modernized version of the NESEP (or MESEP for Marines) program. If selected, you go to college while on active duty, more or less like NROTC midshipmen, with full pay and allowances and up to $10K per year in tuition, books, fees. https://www.netc.navy.mil/Commands/Naval-Service-Training-Command/STA-21/STA-21-program/ https://www.netc.navy.mil/Commands/Naval-Service-Training-Co...